Class- XII
Subject:
English 2nd Paper
Time : 2½ hrs. Marks:
100
Part A:
Grammar (40 Marks)
1. Complete the passage with suitable
verbs from the list below. Put them in
correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary.
05
need
|
learn
|
go
|
do
|
modify
|
revise
|
design
|
Communicative
competence in English is urgently (a)___ in our country. The present word
(b)___ fast and developing by leaps and bounds. In order to keep with the
present world, we can not help(c)___ English but the present system of teaching
and learning English is not up to the mark. The textbooks (d)____ for the
classes XI – XII have to (e)___ and made
updated.
2. Fill
in the gaps with appropriate prepositions.
1´5= 05
Presentation
is (a)___ very importance (b)___ good writing. The opening paragraph should
arrest the attention (c)___ the reader and show him what the writer is writing (d)___. Again, the
sentences must be logically connected (e)___ one and another.
3. Insert
articles where necessary in the blanks of the passage below.. Put a cross (´) if any article is not
required. ½ 10= 05
Newspaper
is not always (a)___ unmixed blessing but it is
(b)___ most useful thing in our life. We rarely think of (c)___ day
without reading (d)___ newspaper. Reading newspaper is one of (e)___ good
habits of a man. We shall be like (f)___ frog in a dark well if we neglect
developing this habit. However, some people prefer (g)___ electronic media to
reading (h)____ newspaper. But (i)___ newspaper offers more to its readers than
(j)___ electronic media.
4. Make meaningful sentences with the
following idioms/phrases (any five). 1´5= 05
Beggar description, For good, Out and out,
By dint of, Without fail, Ins and outs,
Bring to book.
5. Rewrite
the following passage changing the speech.
05
“May I come in, Sir
?” a boy standing at the door said to him. Then without waiting for his reply
the boy entered the room and said, “Sir, I’ve come from Satkhira with a letter
from Mr Abdur Razzak.”
“Abdur Razzak? How
is he?” smilingly said Mr Saiful Alam. “He is quite well. He’s been recently
promoted to the rank of professor,” the boy said.
6. Read
the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed. 1´5= 05
(a) We
work hard to attain success in life. (Compound) (b) Peace and prosperity is quite impossible if
we are not industrious.
(Simple). (c) A
man leading an idle life suffers in the long run. (Complex). He
can not help the people of the
country. (d) He is considered the burden of the society. (Active)
(e)
Everybody dislikes him. (Interrogative)
7. Fill
in the blanks with tag questions. 1´5= 05
(a) Nothing is impossible,
___________ ?
(b) You know yourself better,
_______ ?
(c) Let him do whatever he likes,
_____ ?
(d) My mother rarely comes here,
_____ ?
(e) I am always punctual in attending
any scheduled program of the college, ________ ?
8. Complete
the following incomplete sentences.
05
(a) Listen to what
___________________ ..
(b) __________ you should fail
to get A+.
(c) It is I
_________________________.
(d) It is high time we
______________.
(e) Despite his riches
______________.
Part-B
: Composition (Marks-60)
9. Make
a report on the frequent load-shedding happening recently in Jhenidah. 10
10. Write
a composition on “Digital Bangladesh”
Or, “ Usefulness of satellite channels”. 15
11. Read
the passage below and write the summary of it. 10 To
forgive an injury is often considered to be a sign of weakness; it is really a
sign of strength. It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment
and hate into an act of vengeance; but it takes a strong character to retain
those natural passions. The man who forgives an injury proves himself to be the
superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame.
Forgiveness may even turn a foe into a friend. So, mercy is the noblest form of
revenge.
12. Write an application to the Principal of
your college for changing one of the elective subjects. 10
13. Complete the following story: 15
One day I was walking about a garden
in the morning. A gentle breeze was blowing.
The weather was very fine. Suddenly a cobra appeared before me.
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